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Addressing future global dairy demand: Targeting the gut-liver axis to promote heat stress resilience in dairy cattle 

Year Awarded  2019

FFAR award amount   $736,392

Total award amount   $1,470,000

Location   Ithaca, NY

Matching Funders   AB Vista, Adisseo, Balchem Corporation, Berg + Schmidt, Elanco, Phibro Animal Health, Vetagro

Grantee Institution   Cornell University

Heat-stressed dairy cows cost the American dairy industry an alarming $1.5 billion annually. Dairy cows are unable to efficiently produce milk when their body temperatures rise above normal. Heat-stress is also associated with reduced fertility and increases in diseases. Cornell University researchers are identifying nutrition-based solutions that improves dairy cows’ ability to adapt to extreme heat.

National Academy of Sciences Prize in Food and Agriculture Research: Elizabeth Ainsworth 

Year Awarded  2019

Total award amount   $100,000

Location   Washington, D.C.

Matching Funders   Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Grantee Institution   USDA-ARS

Dr. Elizabeth Ainsworth, a U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service researcher and adjunct professor at the School of Integrative Biology at the University of Illinois, is the 2019 recipient of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences. Ainsworth’s pioneering research focuses on how the world will eat in the face of climate change and other threats.  

Crops of the Future: Corn Drought Resistance 

Year Awarded  2019

FFAR award amount   $900,000

Total award amount   $1,800,000

Location   Madison, WI

Matching Funders   Inari, KWS, Syngenta

Grantee Institution   University of Wisconsin Madison

Drought is a primary limitation to crop production that impacts future food security. Researchers at the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System are enhancing genetic characterization and prediction of drought response in maize.

Crops in Silico 3.0 

Year Awarded  2019

FFAR award amount   $2,500,000

Total award amount   $5,000,000

Location   Urbana-Champaign, IL

Matching Funders   The Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Environment at the University of Illinois, NCSA

Grantee Institution   University of Illinois

University of Illinois researchers are developing a suite of virtual plant models that examine the effects of environmental challenges on a molecular, cellular and organ level within a plant to accurately determine the best targets for genetic engineering. This second grant allows researchers to continue building a computational platform that integrates multiple models to study a whole plant virtually.

Syngenta Joins FFAR’s Crops of the Future Consortium 

Iowa State University to Lead Research to Increase Pig Survivability 

USAID Announces Winners of the Feed the Future Fall Armyworm Tech Prize 

Meet One of The Fall Armyworm Tech Prize Partners 

FFAR Prize Seeks to Revolutionize Egg Production, Improving Animal Welfare and Saving Billions 

FFAR Investment in Downy Mildew Research Benefits Lettuce Producers and Consumers 

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